Not me. But once saw my golden retriever after trying for years to catch a fly, finally caught one and swallowed it joyfully.

Amazing however that for so many people of the world this is a regular part of their diets, and for us in the West, we get squeamish thinking of it. I think I would be willing to try it if bugs are mushed up and it's prepared right as the guy in the article suggested. Wonder how many bug cookbooks the guy has sold in the US.

eldie:Not me. But once saw my golden retriever after trying for years to catch a fly, finally caught one and swallowed it joyfully.

Amazing however that for so many people of the world this is a regular part of their diets, and for us in the West, we get squeamish thinking of it. I think I would be willing to try it if bugs are mushed up and it's prepared right as the guy in the article suggested. Wonder how many bug cookbooks the guy has sold in the US.

Bugs would be okay if they weren't wrapped in all that hair, chitin, etc., and if they took off the legs, wings, mandibles, eyes and other bits. I eat cow, sure, but I don't eat it with all the hide, eyeballs, tails, hooves, etc. still attached, you know?

Unless you are eating them in small quantities as novelties, the legs are pulled off because they have no nutrition.

InLeviticus 11:22 grasshopper are ruled ok to eat but all other bugs are abominations and touching one will make you unclean. If the priests who wrote Leviticus actually ate grasshoppers then they were probably caught and cooked by slaves and/or women who removed the legs before serving. Why else would the priests write that they have 4 legs unless they had never seen the legs.

But seriously, I have no qualms about eating bugs, so long as they are tasty. The reasons I don't eat them now are a) I wasn't acclimated to eating them growing up, in fact, there was only negative reinforcement against it b) I don't know which ones taste good and which ones are foul and/or dangerous and c) they aren't readily available at the grocery store.

Gyrfalcon:eldie: Not me. But once saw my golden retriever after trying for years to catch a fly, finally caught one and swallowed it joyfully.

Amazing however that for so many people of the world this is a regular part of their diets, and for us in the West, we get squeamish thinking of it. I think I would be willing to try it if bugs are mushed up and it's prepared right as the guy in the article suggested. Wonder how many bug cookbooks the guy has sold in the US.

Bugs would be okay if they weren't wrapped in all that hair, chitin, etc., and if they took off the legs, wings, mandibles, eyes and other bits. I eat cow, sure, but I don't eat it with all the hide, eyeballs, tails, hooves, etc. still attached, you know?

But there wouldn't be too much to eat if you cut off the legs, wings, mandibles, eyes and other bits...

My favorite bug eating movie clip is the Kevin Costner film, "No Way Out" when he grabs a bug from his windshield while driving in the car with Sean Young who asks what he's doing and Costner says "I'm eating a bug". Hokie movie with silly lines like that, but a pretty suspenseful story with some interesting twists and a hot sex scene in the taxi. Also interesting to see the world of computers in 1987.

Now I definitely want one. Just not in Cambodia. The Bug Chef's recipe calls for burning off the hairs with a creme brulee torch first. It doesn't specifically say fresh oil, but that would take care of the second bad thing.